Lucille Ball

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.

How to do half-hour comedy innovatively is something I do pride myself on. We invented it with 'I Love Lucy.'

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

I don't think you should write a book until you tell the absolute truth. You can't do that until you're 85, and I don't want to live that long. I've always prided myself on knowing when to get off, and I hope it works out that way.

I wanted to get out of the pictures and stay home so that I could have children.

I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.

You see much more of your children once they leave home.